There was a bit of arrogance in the monk's eyes as he looked Lin Ji up and down.
"Why don't you kneel?"
"Why should I kneel down?" Lin Ji grinned slightly.
"Foreigners who come to Victoria are like pigs; if they offer gold and silver, they can become officials; if they worship Buddha sincerely, they can become nobles."
After a pause, the monk looked at Lin Ji.
"Do you have any gold or silver to offer?"
"No." Lin Ji spread his hands indifferently.
"Then you are a pig." The monk nodded and patted the bird next to him. "Since you are a pig and you dare to disrespect me, you should die as a result of the nine punishments. After your death, you will go to endless purgatory. You will do it again in the next life.
Pig."
The moment the words fell, Pengniao had already understood what his master meant.
It screamed and rushed towards Lin Ji.
It can fly but it doesn't, instead it tramples on the bodies of the people on the ground.
When it came to Lin Ji, the road was already littered with fallen bodies.
Looking at Pengniao's body that was more than three meters tall, Lin Ji raised his hand in an ordinary manner and stretched out a finger.
"go."
With a whisper, a burst of energy leaped out from his fingers.
In the blink of an eye, the energy penetrated Pengniao's head, spurting out a burst of blood.
The huge body of Pengniao also lost its strength in an instant, and fell limply to the ground, falling in front of the strong man, stirring up a burst of dust.
The expression of the monk in the distance suddenly changed.
"Monk?!"
Lin Ji did not answer, but still raised his hand, making a grabbing gesture.
The huge spiritual energy turned into a suction force, and the monk couldn't even resist at all. He jumped into the air, and Lin Ji grabbed him by the hand and strangled his neck without any difficulty.
"Cough...cough." The monk's eyes showed a look of horror.
Lin Ji's hand relaxed slightly, allowing him to breathe again.
"From Xingye Temple?"
The monk nodded with difficulty and said: "How dare you... dare to be disrespectful to me, Tantric Buddhism will not let you go! If you let me go now, you can still have a chance of survival."
In Lin Ji's eyes, this threat was really ridiculous.
My life is not saved, and I am still being threatened.
How stupid.
In order to punish the monk for his stupidity, Lin Ji reached out and broke both of his arms.
"Ah!" The severe pain caused the monk to scream, but he soon fell silent because of the sudden increase in force on Lin Ji's hand. His whole face turned blue and purple, and his eyes almost popped out.
Lin Ji relaxed his grip slightly again.
"What are the nine punishments? Tell me."
The monk was afraid. He saw that Lin Ji was not afraid of Tantric Buddhism, so he was afraid and did not dare to delay at all.
"Gouge out the eyes, cut off the nose, cut off the tongue, roast the ears..."
"I understand the first few, but what is roasted ears?"
"Pig's ears are a delicacy."
Lin Ji's expression froze.
"go on."
"Break the limbs, skin them, shave the flesh, and remove the bones."
"These are only eight kinds."
"Say...it's said to be nine punishments, but few pigs can survive the ninth."
"What is the ninth type?"
"A living feast."
"What do you mean?" Lin Ji had some guesses in his mind, but he couldn't believe it.
The monk whispered: "If there is a pig that survives the first eight kinds, it is a blessing bestowed by the Buddha. The abbot of the temple will hold a living banquet, and the elders will gather together to eat its meat alive until the pig dies."
"It's even more outrageous than I thought, you damn beasts." The smile on Lin Ji's face completely disappeared.
He looked at the monk in front of him with cold eyes.
"Nine punishments are quite interesting, why don't you demonstrate it to me?"
Hearing this, the monk was stunned for a moment, and then he lowered his head and looked at the people kneeling on the ground.
Lin Ji raised his hand and slapped him back.
"I'm not asking you to do it, I'm going to do it."
After hearing this, the monk seemed to realize something and started struggling violently.
But in Lin Ji's hands, how could he make waves if he was only in the second realm?
"Yes, it's what you think." Lin Ji narrowed his eyes slightly, with an unprecedented coldness in his eyes.
"You are a pig in my eyes."
…
At midnight, the bright moon in the sky completely disappeared.
It seemed like the weather was going to change, and the dark clouds were getting thicker and thicker.
The cold wind at night brought some moisture, and it was going to rain.
Lin Ji's face looked a little pale and he dropped the stick in his hand.
He has been working in the Supervisory Office for many years and has seen many kinds of severe punishments, but this is the first time he has experienced it himself.
However, the miserable situation of the monk's despair and pain made the anger in his heart calm down a little.
When he returned to Nanmo County, the people were still kneeling on the ground.
A few hours passed, and despite the cold wind, they did not dare to move at all.
The blood of the few people who were trampled to death by the Pengniao had all dried up, leaving only brown marks, telling everything that had happened before.
A few vultures pecked at their corpses. They regarded the people around them who dared not move as if they were stones, showing no signs of alertness.
Hearing Lin Ji's footsteps, someone raised his head and quickly lowered his head.
They could clearly hear the monk's heart-rending screams earlier.
Lin Ji looked at everything in front of him, but was speechless.
He could actually save the people who were trampled to death by the penguin, but he didn't.
Because he felt that these people were already dead, like zombies walking around.
So what if I can be rescued?
Even if Tantra is destroyed, what can they do?
After being treated like pigs for decades, they are already pigs.
It's not their fault.
Lin Ji didn't feel like he was at fault for not saving them.
"Even if Victoria returns to the rule of the imperial court in the future, the residual poison of Tantric Buddhism cannot be eliminated in a short time, especially those who already regard themselves as inferior pigs."
"Wunan said that Tantrics would capture children, break their bones and suck out their marrow. I didn't believe it at first."
Lin Ji laughed to himself.
"Now it seems that it is not true. It is more than just knocking on the bones and sucking out the marrow."
At this moment, the strong man from before appeared again.
He bravely raised his head and looked at Lin Ji.
"You...what did you do to the monk?"
Lin Ji lowered his head.
"Didn't you hear that? He was given nine punishments, but he was not strong enough. He died after seven punishments. I even used spiritual energy to protect his heart. It's a pity."
When the strong man heard this, he rolled his eyes in fright and fainted.
On such a cold night, he fell to the ground, probably not seeing the sun tomorrow.
Not only him, but many people had already knelt down and lost consciousness.
"Some people are alive, but they are actually dead." Lin Ji murmured to himself.
"I won't take action to free you, but don't expect me to save you either."
"If you can understand it yourself, it is possible to survive. Otherwise, you might as well die!"
With extremely complicated emotions, Lin Ji looked into the distance.
He was looking in the direction of Xingye Temple.
After a moment, he stood up and turned into an afterimage, flying towards Xingye Temple.